2016: Oil to decline short-term then rebound to $40p/b

We said:

An oil price rally is further away than at any time since 2014. $40p/b should hold in the medium-term level as oversupply is reduced. Further declines are the main risk in the short-term but any move lower would trigger production cuts and so would be brief. (LSR View 3rd November 2015)

Outcome:

WTI (NYMEX) fell from $45p/b in Nov 2015, bottoming out at $29p/b in Jan 2016 and range trading between $40p/b and $50p/b for the rest of the year.